Rhode Island
Rhode Island General Laws — Title 12, Criminal Procedure
466 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 12-6-7.1 — Service of arrest warrants
- § 12-6-8 — Taxing and execution for costs on discharge of respondent
- § 12-7-1 — Temporary detention of suspects
- § 12-7-10 — Resisting legal or illegal arrest
- § 12-7-11 — Summons
- § 12-7-12 — Release of arrested person by officer
- § 12-7-14 — Punitive damages for false arrest or imprisonment
- § 12-7-15 — Severability
- § 12-7-16 — Arrest or seizure after commission of offense
- § 12-7-17 — Arrest of escapees and parole violators without warrant
- § 12-7-18 — Temporary detention powers of National Guard
- § 12-7-19 — Arrest after close pursuit by officers from cities or towns
- § 12-7-2 — Search of detained person for weapons
- § 12-7-20 — Right to use telephone for call to attorney — Bail bondsperson
- § 12-7-21 — “Peace officer” defined
- § 12-7-22 — Electronic recording of custodial interrogations task force
- § 12-7-3 — Arrest without warrant for misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor
- § 12-7-4 — Arrest without warrant for felony
- § 12-7-5 — Arrest on improper ground
- § 12-7-6 — Arrest on warrant not in possession of arresting officer
- § 12-7-7 — Methods of arrest
- § 12-7-8 — Restraint and force used
- § 12-7-9 — Conditions justifying force dangerous to life
- § 12-8-1 — Short title
- § 12-8-2 — Definitions
- § 12-8-3 — Arrest after close pursuit by officers from other states
- § 12-8-4 — Arrests otherwise unlawful
- § 12-8-5 — Commitment or discharge of person arrested
- § 12-8-6 — Severability
- § 12-9-1 — Short title
- § 12-9-10 — Authority granted by warrant
- § 12-9-11 — Commanding assistance in execution of warrant
- § 12-9-12 — Appearance of prisoner before judge — Application for habeas corpus
- § 12-9-12.1 — Extradition of juveniles
- § 12-9-13 — Penalty for violating § 12-9-12
- § 12-9-14 — Confinement of prisoner pending extradition or en route
- § 12-9-15 — Confinement of prisoners passing through state
- § 12-9-16 — Warrant of arrest on affidavit
- § 12-9-17 — Arrest without warrant
- § 12-9-18 — Commitment awaiting requisition
- § 12-9-19 — Admission to bail
- § 12-9-2 — Definitions
- § 12-9-20 — Failure to arrest on governor’s warrant within time specified
- § 12-9-21 — Forfeiture of bail
- § 12-9-22 — Persons under prosecution in this state
- § 12-9-23 — Guilt or innocence as subject of inquiry
- § 12-9-24 — Recall or reissue of governor’s warrant
- § 12-9-25 — Warrant to return prisoner from another state
- § 12-9-26 — Application for requisition of person charged with crime
- § 12-9-27 — Application for requisition of person convicted of crime
- § 12-9-28 — Affidavits and documents to support application
- § 12-9-29 — Immunity from civil process arising out of occurrence for which extradited
- § 12-9-3 — Governor’s duty to deliver fugitives from justice
- § 12-9-30 — Execution of waiver of extradition
- § 12-9-31 — Filing of consent — Delivery of prisoner to extradition agents
- § 12-9-32 — State’s rights against extradited persons not waived
- § 12-9-33 — Trial for crimes not specified in requisition
- § 12-9-34 — Uniformity of construction
- § 12-9-35 — Severability
- § 12-9-36 — Interstate extradition
- § 12-9-4 — Form of demand from another state
- § 12-9-5 — Investigation as to demanded person
- § 12-9-6 — Agreement to return person demanded from another state
- § 12-9-7 — Surrender of person who left demanding state involuntarily
- § 12-9-8 — Surrender of person committing an act in one state resulting in a crime in another
- § 12-9-9 — Warrant of arrest on executive demand